You knew you were addicted to EQ when...

[Darkpretzel]

Originally Posted by Ereni [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I can one up you on that! I didn't have a computer in my room. I would sneak in just before my parents would lock up the computer room for the night (this is how addicted I was) and I'd unlock the window without them knowing. When they went to sleep I would jump out of my bedroom window from the second story and then break into my own house via computer room window and play all night. If I ever heard commotion near the doorway at night I'd sprint to the closet and hide...they never caught me! Haha, good times. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Why am I proud of this? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Funniest shit ever!

[Zeonick]

Originally Posted by Ereni [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Wow that's surprising. I checked out Ascend but it just wasn't the same. I want to say that I disliked Tribes 2 but it could just be because I was addicted to EQ [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] That's super cool that people still play though, I'm impressed.



I can one up you on that! I didn't have a computer in my room. I would sneak in just before my parents would lock up the computer room for the night (this is how addicted I was) and I'd unlock the window without them knowing. When they went to sleep I would jump out of my bedroom window from the second story and then break into my own house via computer room window and play all night. If I ever heard commotion near the doorway at night I'd sprint to the closet and hide...they never caught me! Haha, good times. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Why am I proud of this? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I just busted up laughing after reading this!! That is hilarious and totally reminds me of gaming when I was a kid also.

[Kutsumo]

Originally Posted by Ereni [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Day 1 of logging into EQ I left the good old counter strike and tribes 1 behind. Anyone remember those games? Each one addicting in their own right...

Anyways, I first made a high elf enchanter and after an hour or so of figuring out how to get things going my first target was a real life player, some dwarf. I assumed he was just another NPC I could kill but NOPE. It shocked me how fast I died. He put me in my place pretty quickly. After I got cursed out from him in tells, I made a dark elf and never looked back <evil grin>.

Ah yes, I too played original tribes and CS before discovering EQ. Very few games capture the satisfaction of a disc launcher hit on a flying target!

I knew I was addicted the first night I played. Couldn't unglue myself until 4am when I heard one of my parents walking through the house and jumped in bed to avoid getting in trouble.

[Skittlez]

Originally Posted by Kutsumo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Couldn't unglue myself until 4am when I heard one of my parents walking through the house and jumped in bed to avoid getting in trouble.

I miss doing that. =/

[Fael]

loved tribes. Played ascend for a while. Just love the fast pace. Flag chasing/capturing.

Quake 2 was also money.

When i was 13, my dad came into my computer room when he woke up late at night and caught me hiding under a couch with the computer screen off in an attempt to escape his notice. He grounded me the entire summer from eq, 3 fn months.

I was an athlete, came from an athlete family, and none of them ever understood my obsession with games. To this day. /emo off [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Dolic

[Zeonick]

Originally Posted by Ereni [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Day 1 of logging into EQ I left the good old counter strike and tribes 1 behind. Anyone remember those games? Each one addicting in their own right...

Anyways, I first made a high elf enchanter and after an hour or so of figuring out how to get things going my first target was a real life player, some dwarf. I assumed he was just another NPC I could kill but NOPE. It shocked me how fast I died. He put me in my place pretty quickly. After I got cursed out from him in tells, I made a dark elf and never looked back <evil grin>.

I was totally addicted to CS before I played EQ too!! I played css a ton also.

I knew I was addicted when I started getting the shakes and cold sweats when I hadn't played for 12 hours.. man that shit was bad.

[diplo]

Originally Posted by Ereni [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Day 1 of logging into EQ I left the good old counter strike and tribes 1 behind. Anyone remember those games? Each one addicting in their own right...

Anyways, I first made a high elf enchanter and after an hour or so of figuring out how to get things going my first target was a real life player, some dwarf. I assumed he was just another NPC I could kill but NOPE. It shocked me how fast I died. He put me in my place pretty quickly. After I got cursed out from him in tells, I made a dark elf and never looked back <evil grin>.

CS!

I was in Cal-M with my friends and played EQ after our matches.

[Atmas]

From the moment I saw my friend playing it.

I grew up playing RPGs both turn based and real time, I spent untold hours in games maximizing my characters and looking for every advancement and best combination possible. I think max stats and credits was all that got me to conclude a game. In addition to a fixation with stats I loved lore. I read my friend's parent's old monster manuals and dungeon master guides and wished that more of our other friends were interested in playing some tabletop games.

I played, I killed a bat, I got xp and something to sell for money, I was hooked. Later on it was drooling about the spells at higher levels, it was crazy pvp fights, raid progression. Pretty much new levels of addiction all the time. I have a lot of tales like everyone else. Playing all night, hiding from parents to play all night (often not even my own).

[Millburn]

My babysitter when I was younger would let me play Starsiege: Tribes while he studied. That shit was so much fun, still one of my favorite fps games to date. He's also the one that got me into EQ beta back in phase 2. It's really been a one note story since! haha

[Trelaboon]

I remember doing the old "wake up two hours early so I can game, even though I went to bed 2 hours late" gig. I also remember waking up to play in the middle of the night, and thinking it was so exhilarating, how many players were still online....I thought that was sooo cool.